Council Directive 2002/55/EC of 13 June 2002 on the marketing of vegetable seed (c. 55)

ANNEX III U.K. WEIGHT REFERRED TO BY ARTICLE 25(2)

2. Minimum weight of a sample U.K.

Species	Weight (in g)
Allium cepa	25
[F1 Allium fistulosum	15]
Allium porrum	20
[F1 Allium sativum	20
Allium schoenoprasum	15]
Anthricus cerefolium	20
Apium graveolens	5
Asparagus officinalis	100
Beta vulgaris	100
Brassica oleracea	25
[ F2 ]
Brassica rapa	20
Capsicum annuum	40
[F3 Cichorium intybus (Witloof Chicory Group, Leaf Chicory Gro]	15
[F3 Cichorium intybus (Industrial (Root) Chicory Group)]	50
Cichorium endivia	15
Citrullus lanatus	250
Cucumis melo	100
Cucumis sativus	25
Cucurbita maxima	250
Cucurbita pepo	150
Cynara cardunculus	50
Daucus carota	10
Foeniculum vulgare	25
Lactuca sativa	10
[F4 Solanum lycopersicum L.]	20
Petroselinum crispum	10
Phaseolus coccineus	1 000
Phaseolus vulgaris	700
Pisum sativum	500
Raphanus sativus	50
[F1 Rheum rhabarbarum	135]
Scorzonera hispanica	30
Solanum melongena	20
Spinacia oleracea	75
Valerianella locusta	20
Vicia faba	1 000
[F1 Zea mays	1 000]

Textual Amendments

F1 Inserted by Commission Directive 2006/124/EC of 5 December 2006 amending Council Directive 92/33/EEC on the marketing of vegetable propagating and planting material other than seed and Council Directive 2002/55/EC on the marketing of vegetable seed (Text with EEA relevance).

F2 Deleted by Commission Directive 2006/124/EC of 5 December 2006 amending Council Directive 92/33/EEC on the marketing of vegetable propagating and planting material other than seed and Council Directive 2002/55/EC on the marketing of vegetable seed (Text with EEA relevance).

F3 Substituted by Commission Implementing Directive (EU) 2019/990 of 17 June 2019 amending the list of genera and species in Article 2(1)(b) of Council Directive 2002/55/EC, in Annex II to Council Directive 2008/72/EC and in the Annex to Commission Directive 93/61/EEC (Text with EEA relevance).

F4 Substituted by Commission Implementing Directive 2013/45/EU of 7 August 2013 amending Council Directives 2002/55/EC and 2008/72/EC and Commission Directive 2009/145/EC as regards the botanical name of tomato (Text with EEA relevance).

In the case of F-1 hybrid varieties of the above species, the minimum weight of the sample may be decreased to a quarter of the specified weight. However the sample must have a weight of at least 5 g and consist of at least 400 seeds.